Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-27
DECORATING THE GRAVES.


The GraYs Attend Service at she College
Street Church-Sermon by Rev. DIR.
Reconsideration by the Grays OF
The Graves of Comradea-Beautifa
Displays of Flowers.
Yesterday morning at the College street
church were held services in honor of the
dead who belonged to the Grays. The Grays
met at their association room and from there
marched to the church in body. Arriving
there they took seats reserved for them in
front. On the chancel was very large cross
of roses, which presented beautiful spec
tacle. In front of the pulpit was bank of
flowers, mostly roses, and on the opposite
side of the ;chancel from the cross was a
handsome basket of flowers tastefully ar
ranged. The body of the church was well
selections by the choir of forty voices, a solo
by Mrs. S. S. Thompson and the reading of
the scriptures by Rev. DR.. McLane, the latter
gave as the text of his sermon: st. John,
nineteenth chapter and the nineteenth verse,
"And PLATE wrote title and put it on the
cross. And the writing was, Jesus of Naza-
reth, the king of the jews" Also Revelations,
nineteenth chapter and the sixteenth verse
"And he hath on his vesture and on his
thigh name written, King of Kings and
Lord of Lords.''
Rev. DR.. McLane commenced by speaking
in eulogy of the soldiers and of their numer
GUS good qualities. He spoke of the monu-
ment just dedicated in honor of them.
Courage is one of the great qualities of SOL
der and he always considers himself in the
care of God. He denies himself. When
occasion demands it he lives in poverty, en-,
dures hardships, and suffers pain. It is not
always the men who live, but die, who are
sometimes the greatest soldiers.
The speaker referred to some of the illus
trious soldiers. He spoke of how God might
have conquered men by force, but desired
rather to conquer them by love and make
them willing citizens of his kingdom. Sol
diers went down in darkness and then their
kingly character began to be known. Jesus
founded his empire on love, and now millions
will die for him. The mans soul becomes an
annexation of the Lords kingdom. For his
love men have let themselves be burned at
the stake.
The speaker in conclusion addressed him
self to the Grays, speaking of the noble ones
amongst them who had died and of the illus
trious distinction which some of them had
attained.
After the services the flowers in front of
the altar were taken charge of by the Grays.
The sermon was an excellent one.
The Grays, actives and veterans, in the
aICSrnOOu decorated the graves OF deceased
members in accordance with the annual GUS
tom. The members of the company assem-
bled at their room in Union armory at an
early hour in the afternoon. At 4:30 the
line of march was taken up. The active
Grays wore gray coats, white helmets and
white pants. Each man carried bouquet
and wreath of evergreen over each shoulder.
The Second regiment band furnished excel
lent marching music and at the cemeteries
played the hymns admirably well. The
names of the Grays whose graves were yes
terday strewn with flowers were: Grove
street cemetery, Lieutenant Colonel Henry c..
Merwin, Major E. Walter Osborn, Captain
Jedediah Chapman, Captain E. Lines, Cap
tain Charles Bostwick, Captain P. S. Galpin,
Captain E. S. Hitchcock, General Dennis
Kimberly, Captain Elijah Thompson, Cap
tain Raymond A. White. Private William
M. Anderson, Corporal George S. Whiting,
Private E. Leroy Wilcox, Lieutenant Charles
w. Cornwall, Edward Cornwall and William
G. Baldwin, Private Joseph Booth, Captain
Benjamin Prescott, Private Henry G. Smith,
Private W. A. Sheppard, Walter Osborn
and Minott A. Osborn, Captain Henry E.
Peck, J. w. Deming, Lieutenant Charles P.
Brown, Captain Charles Nichols, Captain
John H. Coley, Colonel Noah Farnan, Private
Nelson, Private Wells and James
Musician William Bishop, Privates James
Blair, William E. Bryan, John Ritter and
Josiah Cleveland, Sergeant August Scharf,
Sergeant E. j. Fay. Privates Harry c. Bowers
and E. B. Munson, Corporal George E. Ed.
wards, Privates Albert M. Foote, w. Fl.
Coolidge and w. A. Peck.
In Evergreen cemetery, Musician Fl. o.
Thomas, Sergeant R. Fl. Fowler, Lieutenant
Albert Sharp, Corporal w. E. Goodwin,
Private E. G. Hazard, Captain W. G. How
arth, Privates F. S. Bowles, John E. Chase,
Fred Douglass, Sergeant Eli Hotchkiss, Corr
poral G. S. Northrop, Sergeant John E.
Dudley.
The line of march was from the armory on
Meadow street to Church, to Elm, to College,
to Grove street cemetery, to High, to Elm,
to Howe, to West Chapel, to Sherman ave-
nne.